Photograph of the UNT Barnes and Noble bookstore display table at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. Three books, "A Path Appears" by Sheryl WuDunn, "Half the Sky" by Nicholas Kristof and the Mayborn Magazine Pulitzer edition are some of the items displayed. The conference was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas.

Photograph of UNT System Chancellor Lee Jackson standing in front of a backdrop decorated with the Mayborn and UNT logos as well as the tagline "Your story starts here." He is being photographed at the Austin Ranch Banquet Hall during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference on the grounds of the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas.

Photograph of the "Unveiling the Mystery: Editing and Publishing for the Literary Market" panel during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. One of the four men is speaking to the crowd while the others look towards him. The conference was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Virgil Smith, with his head resting in his hand, listening to Dorothy Bland, Dean of the Mayborn School of Journalism. They are both attending the Advisory Board Meeting during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference that was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Wesley Morris, a 'critic-at-large' with The New York Times, and Margo Jefferson, a Pulitzer Prize winning cultural critic and the author of "On Michael Jackson" and "Negroland", sitting at the front of a conference room during Jefferson's keynote presentation. Morris is speaking to Jefferson as the moderator of the event. The keynote was held as a part of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Wesley Morris and Margo Jefferson standing together in front of a Mayborn and UNT backdrop during the Literary Lights Dinner. The event was held as a part of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference in the International Ballroom at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Wesley Morris, a 'critic-at-large' with The New York Times, standing at the front of a conference room during Margo Jefferson's Keynote presentation. Morris was acting as a moderator for the event. The keynote was held as a part of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of seven of the 2016 recipients of the Young Spurs Award. From the left are Mugdha Gurram, Garret Reich, James Hartley, Kathleen Nicole Burrell, Shiva Saravanan, Alexis Kuppersmith and Julia Starr. Other winners who are not pictured are Oliver Kneen, Mary Kate Scamardo and Lindsay Zemanek. The group is standing in front of a backdrop detailed with Mayborn and UNT logos and the tagline "Your story starts here." They are being photographed at the Austin Ranch Banquet Hall during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, for which they were given stipends to attend. The conference took place at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas.

Photograph of a Young Spurs student speaking during a workshop at the 2016 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The conference was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of students involved in the Young Spurs program attend a workshop during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. The students are seated at a table and have their work in front of them. The conference was held at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of the students involved in the Young Spurs program standing behind the workshop leader Alan Peppard. The workshop was held as a part of the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, TX.

Photograph of Yvonne Leow, the senior Snapchat editor at Vox.com, speaking at a panel about the future of storytelling on the web. Leow focused on the topic of Snapchat coverage of news stories like the Dallas Police shooting in July of that same year. The panel was held during the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center, Grapevine, TX.